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Staff members with discipline Health Policy & Services

Academia develops at the interface of different fields. This is one reason why the University of Groningen is home to a wide range of fields, each with a great number of subject specialists. The overview below, which is based on a standard categorization of fields, will help you find the right expert for each field. If you cannot find the expert you are looking for in this list, try searching via a related field or faculty; you may find him or her there.

Overview of all disciplines

Recovery of critical illness survivors
L.F.E. (Lise) Beumeler
Contact
l.f.e.beumeler rug.nl
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Postdoc Recovery after critical illness
prof. dr. M.H. (Marco) Blanker
Contact
m.h.blanker umcg.nl
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General practitioner, epidemiologist, professor of general practice
prof. dr. E.C. (Christiaan) Boerma
Contact
e.c.boerma rug.nl
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Professor meaningful preventive care, endowed by the Stichting Topklinische Zorg Friesland
A/Prof. Job van Boven is a real-world drug outcomes expert specialised in lung diseases. He is the founding director of the Medication Adherence Expertise Center Of the northern Netherlands (MAECON) and Chair of the European Commission funded European... read more
dr. J.F.M. (Job) van Boven
Contact
j.f.m.van.boven rug.nl
+31 50 361 7893
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Associate Professor
Medical Technology Assessment comprises economic evaluation in health care, ethical and legal issues as well as issues regarding implementation and reimbursement of innovative technologies.
prof. dr. E. (Erik) Buskens
Contact
e.buskens umcg.nl
+31 50 361 4343
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Professor of Health Technology Assessment
Toxicology and public health studies in ethnic communities. César Yanko Cervantes Benavides is a researcher of Latin American origin, focused on vulnerability studies in indigenous groups. These vulnerabilities include social and racial segregation, the consequences of climate change, genotoxic and neurotoxic effects on human health due to the consumption of water contaminated with heavy metals, as well as the analysis of public policies developed for ethnic minorities. He is currently working at the Campus Fryslan, designing a research project on the vulnerability faced by ethnic groups in arid areas with water scarcity, following exposure to contaminants such as arsenic, due to the consumption of water contaminated by effluents from mining and agricultural activities. His study also focuses on the analysis of public health policies more oriented to the worldview of the ethnic minorities themselves. The main objective of his research is to characterize the perception of environmental risk in the Yaqui ethnic group in southern Sonora, Mexico, and to determine, through biological screening, the level of exposure to heavy metals and malnutrition experienced by ethnic minorities such as the Yaqui ethnic group.
C. (Cesar Yanko Cervantes Benavides) Cervantes Benavides, MSc
Contact
c.cervantes.benavides rug.nl
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PhD student
Planning and control cyclus inside organizations
dr. B. (Ben) Crom
Contact
b.crom rug.nl
+31 6 3198 6793
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Assistant Professor
Research in intellectual disability care, among others: caregiving, dysphagia, interventions, sleep apnea. Specialization: Dementia in people with intellectual disabilities, in particular Alzheimer's disease in people with Down syndrome
dr. A.D. (Alain) Dekker
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a.d.dekker umcg.nl
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Lecturer-researcher
prof. dr. ir. C.E.M.J. (Liset) van Dijk
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c.e.m.j.van.dijk rug.nl
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Honorary professor Pharmacy Health Services Research
dr. R.J. (Robbert) Duvivier
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r.j.duvivier umcg.nl
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senior researcher
Implementation Science Research
A. (Amal ) Fakha, Dr
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a.fakha rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Innovation Management & Strategy
Pharmacoeconomics and HTA (health technology assessment), with a focus on patient level modeling and model-based cost-effectiveness analyses. 
prof. dr. T.L. (Talitha) Feenstra
Contact
t.l.feenstra rug.nl
+31 50 36 32607
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Associate professor, economic evaluation of precision medicine
Development Economics, Health Economics, Agriculture Economics

Methods
*Applied microeconomics
*Impact Evaluation
*Social network analysis
*Cost-effectiveness analysis

Topics
*Non-communicable diseases
*Health effects of climate change 
*Insurance
*Network...
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M.K. (Manuela) Fritz, Dr
Contact
m.k.fritz rug.nl
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Post-doc
Health economics of blood transfusion safety, hematology and infectious diseases.
dr. M. (René) van Hulst
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m.van.hulst rug.nl
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Associate professor Global Health Technology Assessment
Comparison of European health systems, organisation of care (public health, primary care and youth care), evaluation of care, children and adolescents, vulnerable families, medical sociology 
dr. D.E.M.C. (Danielle) Jansen
Contact
d.e.m.c.jansen umcg.nl
+31 50 361 6675
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Associate professor Health systems and Organisation of care for children and adolescents
F.W.A.P. (Frederic) van Kleef, MA
Contact
frederic.van.kleef rug.nl
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Managing director Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
Field / Discipline
Medical Doctor International Health and Tropical Medicine; Management of Health Services (MBA). Public Health, in particular prevention. Current research concerns prevention of non-commmunicable diseases, cardiovacular diseases, diabetes and cervical... read more
drs. J.A.R. (Jaap) Koot
Contact
j.a.r.koot umcg.nl
+31 6 2248 7689
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staff member department health sciences, global health unit
Health Outcome Measurement
dr. P.F.M. (Paul) Krabbe
Contact
p.f.m.krabbe umcg.nl
+31 6 5170 1692
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Head Unit Patient-Centered HTA
S.J.C. (Suzanne) Kroon
Contact
s.j.c.kroon umcg.nl
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Researcher / Phd student
dr. C.J. (Karine) van 't Land
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c.j.van.t.land rug.nl
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University lecturer
Innovations in genetic counselling, ELSI-aspects of clinical genetics and genetic screening, cardiogenetics
prof. dr. I.M. (Irene) van Langen
Contact
i.m.van.langen umcg.nl
+31 50 361 7209
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Professor Clinical Genetics
Jesse David Marinus is an External PhD Candidate at Campus Fryslân, specializing in the fields of Health Policy, Social Determinants, Participatory Research, Citizens Science, Future Sciences, and Systems Theory. Currently, Jesse David is employed as a... read more
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j.d.marinus rug.nl
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PhD student
J.O. (Jochen) Mierau, Prof
Contact
j.o.mierau rug.nl
+31 6 5272 4774
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Professor Public Health Economics
AI in medical imaging and health
prof. dr. W.J. (Wiro) Niessen
Contact
w.j.niessen umcg.nl
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Dean of Faculty Medical Sciences, University Groningen; board member UMCG
Healthcare purchasing and supply chain management
dr. A.C. (Bart) Noort
Contact
a.c.noort rug.nl
+31 50 36 37020
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Assistant professor
Pharmacoeconomics, health economics, modeling
prof. dr. M.J. (Maarten) Postma
Contact
m.j.postma rug.nl
+31 50 361 5084
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Professor Global Health Economics UMCG & RUG (Medical Sciences and Economics & Business)
prof. dr. E.P. (Eugène) van Puijenbroek
Contact
e.p.van.puijenbroek rug.nl
+31 50 36 34360
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endowed professor of pharmacovigilance
Educational Organization & Management |Workplace Learning & Organizational Learning |Change & Implementation|Professional development | Communities of practice | Medical education| Digitalization of workplace contexts and impact on learning

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dr. N. (Nienke) Renting
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n.renting rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Educational Sciences - specialization in workplace learning
Continuous improvement in Healthcare (e.g. Lean, SixSigma), Value Based Healthcare, Healthcare Management, Change Management
dr. O.P. (Oskar) Roemeling
Contact
o.p.roemeling rug.nl
+31 50 36 36543
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Program director BDK
      Dr. Arianna Rotulo works as Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen – Campus Fryslan. She got her PhD in Primary Care and Public Health from Queen Mary University of London in May 2022 with a research project on the effects of fiscal decentralization on equitable access to healthcare services.      Arianna combines econometrics, economic geography, and the political economy of health to understand the role of healthcare services in the distribution and development of avoidable healthcare disparities. Currently she is interested in interdisciplinary research on health systems preparedness, international health governance, and degrowth. Arianna also coordinates the Global Equity and Resilient Health Systems course and teaches Principles of Economics, Statistics, and Research Methods at Campus Fryslan. Arianna is part of an international team based at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, working on the project ‘IMF and Health Care Reforms in Europe’, funded by ELIDEK. Between 2021 and 2022 Arianna acted as a consultant to the San Gallicano Institute on how to improve the welfare of the vulnerable population of Rome, within the Mi.Fa.Bene project, involving the Municipality of Rome, the Italian Ministry of Interior, and the European Commission. 
A. (Arianna) Rotulo, Dr
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a.rotulo rug.nl
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Spatial Planning
Environmental Policy
Well-being
Data analysis
Z. (Zeinab) Sattari Najafabadi, MSc
Contact
z.sattari rug.nl
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Policy implementation, Intersectoriality, Public health, Prison system, street-level bureaucracy
M. (Mariana) Scaff Haddad Bartos, MA
Contact
m.scaff.haddad.bartos rug.nl
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PhD student
Jurjen has a background in medical pharmaceutical sciences with a focus on global health, epidemiology, (health-) economics, and pharmacotherapy. He has experience in setting up and conducting (multi-center) randomized (clinical) trials, and working with... read more
J. (Jurjen) van der Schans
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j.van.der.schans rug.nl
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Postdoctoral researcher
International aspects of reproductive health care (systems), in particular Safe Motherhood
prof. dr. J. (Jelle) Stekelenburg
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j.stekelenburg umcg.nl
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Professor International Aspects of Reproductive Health, in particular Safe Motherhood
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f.d.a.suryanegara umcg.nl
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I am professor of health law in a global context at the Faculty of Law and scientific director of the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health. My research, which is embedded in the Groningen Centre for Health Law, is at the intersection of health law,... read more
prof. mr. dr. B.C.A. (Brigit) Toebes
Contact
b.c.a.toebes rug.nl
+31 6 5434 1961
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Professor, Health Law in a Global Context; Scientific Director, Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
Societal impact van onderzoek
Toegepast onderzoek in het zorg- en sociale domein
Medische sociologie
Onderzoek met mixed methods
J. (Jolanda) Tuinstra
Contact
j.tuinstra01 umcg.nl
+31 6 8313 7252
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Researcher Applied Health Research
Health Technology Assessment
dr. K.M. (Karin) Vermeulen
Contact
k.m.vermeulen umcg.nl
+31 50 361 3562
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Assistant professor,HTA
Field / Discipline
Health economics, Applied microeconomics
L. (Laura) Viluma, PhD
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l.viluma rug.nl
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Assistant Professor of Health Economics
dr. H.M. (Hinke) van der Werf
Contact
h.m.van.der.werf rug.nl
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Health Economics, Labour Economics, Applied Microeconometrics
dr. S. (Shuye) Yu, PhD
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shuye.yu rug.nl
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